 Tekla
Dennison Miller is
the author of two memoirs: The Warden Wore Pink, about her
corrections career, specifically the warden
of two prisons, a men’s maximum and a women’s
multi-level outside Detroit, Michigan, and A Bowl
of Cherries,
about the suicide of her mother and Tekla’s subsequent
life with her sister, the mother of two and an abused spouse.
The sisters’ journey (New York to California) takes
them from a tragedy filled life to one of victory.
Tekla also taught
in riot-torn South Central Los Angeles and worked with mentally
challenged enlisted men in Germany.
Tekla is a national speaker on women’s issues and criminal
justice reform. She has had several nonfiction articles published
in these areas,even in Dog Fancy and Good
Dog magazines. When
she retired and before she started writing, Tekla had to learn
to type and operate a computer.
Tekla has appeared
on National Public Radio and has been featured in many radio,
newspaper and journal interviews.
She was a technical consultant for a TV movie and series about
a woman warden and for NBC’s news special about women
prisoners. Tekla was among the women in law enforcement and
criminal justice honored by the Michigan Women’s Hall
of Fame in 1997. In 2001 The Criminal Justice Women of Michigan
again honored Tekla with the Josephine Davis Community Service
Award. In May 2007 Tekla was the commencement speaker at Cazenovia
College, NY and was awarded an honorary doctor of humane studies
degree.
She lives, snowshoes and hikes in Colorado with her husband
and three adopted Golden Retrievers.
Web Site: www.teklamiller.com
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